First grade teacher Jessica Higgs set up a video chat with her Lakeview Elementary students Thursday to start their afternoon lessons. When class time arrived, she was in the middle of a work call, so her students had to wait. But that just was the beginning of her problems. Once the class started, her 5-year […]

As warm weather returns, northern Utahns are surging into the outdoors amid an incredibly stressful time, but options for destinations and activities along the Wasatch Front have narrowed considerably due to limits from the coronavirus. Resort skiing, organized youth sports, the San Rafael Swell, Summit County trails, foot and bike races and state parks are […]

Marla Mott-Smith, 82, of South Jordan — who has been self-isolating from everyone but her family to protect against COVID-19 — isn’t happy that Utah still requires her to appear in person to renew her driver license. “I had an appointment to go in to renew my license before it expired on March 27. Then […]

SALT LAKE CITY — Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall on Wednesday announced the city is under contract to purchase Allen Park in the Sugar House neighborhood for $7.5 million. The park at 1300 East near Westminster Avenue was facing potential development. The purchase is being facilitated by park-designated impact fees, which must be spent […]

Snowbird • Strange things happen after dark in Utah’s mountains. Porcupines the size of sheepdogs come out of hiding in search of a midnight snack. Brides snowboard next to their groom in nothing but a sleeveless white wedding dress, presumably protected from sub-freezing temperatures by the heat of passion. And hundreds of teens, families and weathered […]

SALT LAKE CITY — Justin Soelberg had 13 coworkers a month ago. Now he has two. Arriving at Nomad Eatery around 9:30 a.m. each day, Soelberg, his business partner and their investor now spend the day prepping a full dinner menu for takeout. Lunch orders used to comprise two thirds of the total business for the restaurant, […]

A professional BASE jumper has pleaded guilty to taking two illegal jumps in Zion National Park. Marshall Miller — who describes himself as a “human flight pro” on his Instagram account — has been fined $5,000 and banned from Zion for two years. And, according to a news release from the park, the court warned […]

SALT LAKE CITY — Laudy Kaouk doesn’t consider herself a good secret keeper, but she managed to keep a pretty big one. The first time most people found out the 18-year-old from Provo was speaking during the April 2020 general conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was when her name was […]

HOOPER, Weber County — For families already coping with food insecurity, the past month has been hard. Whether it’s the unprecedented layoffs, the closing of public schools, medical bills, fear of going into public, or a combination of all four, the spread of COVID-19 has compounded an already difficult situation for families unsure of where […]

The clampdown on outdoor recreation has spread to two more southern Utah counties, where area officials have become increasingly alarmed with the spring influx of visitors streaming onto scenic public lands, particularly the San Rafael Swell and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, fearing that they could unwittingly spread the coronavirus and overwhelm limited medical capacity in […]